[ice_queen]

There is SO MUCH to do in the next two weeks, and I cannot seem to motivate to do ANYTHING! I'm not even tired, I just feel so lathargic and lazy...where is that nesting thing that is supposed to kick in? Anyone else feel this way? I just want to lay on the couch all day long and stare at the TV, or lay in bed and read a book. Yesterday cleaning up the kitchen and cleaning the bathrooms wiped me out cold...today I can't even seem to start a freaking project!

Someone give me some motivation, PLEASE?????

I know it will feel so good to get it done, and that i will be that much more "ready" for the baby to come and join us if I feel relaxed in my house...but even knowing that, I can't seem to manage...anyone else feeling this way?

 

[~Demeter~]

This is me today.. I seem to bounce between overly motivated to nothing at all lately. Maybe I just do so much on the days that I am motivated it takes a few days to get my energy back.

That said if I had the motivation to send I'd send it. I hope you find it soon!!

 

[ahdoula]

I have found my motivation comes and goes too, and I don't force it if my body is telling me to lay around. And then when I do feel an urge to move, I strike while the iron's hot! There seems no method to the motivation madness though, that's for sure.

 

[50ftQueenie]

I feel motivated to do things, I just can't move. I try to do stuff, and I either run out of breath or can't bend far enough or baby lodges its butt in my ribcage, and then I just give up.
I came home for lunch today, and dh was nesting again. I can't tell if it's a good or bad thing. Obviously, it's good that things are getting done by someone, but his doing everything sort of makes me feel like a slug (plus, I can't find anything when he puts it away).

 

[newmommaamy]

I am really low on motivation today also. I was trying to take nap to get my energy back up, but I am not falling asleep so I thought I would see if there was anything new here. The packers are comming tomorrow, so tonight is the last chance to pack for the next three weeks and toss anything we don't want moved. Hopefully the urge to get up and going hits again soon

 

[Jen H.]

I am about 90% unmotivated/lazy/too overwhelmed, and then every so often I get productive and get things done. But if this keeps up, I won't get everything on my list done in time at all.

 

[Dreamer]

Oh I so understand where you are coming from!! I was wearing your shoes last week at this time and let me tell you what helped kick my arse into gear...

We had pretty much let the house go... the laundry had piled up, I hadn't cleaned the bathtubs in 3 weeks, etc... Well, my dh and I decided to spend 50 bucks on a cleaning lady to come in and do the 'tough stuff' (namely bathrooms, heavy dusting, vacuuming, etc...) I did the laundry the night before she got there, and helped ds clean up his room (so she could run the vacuum in there) and let me tell you, it feels SO MUCH BETTER in our house now... we've actually been able to keep the dishes washed, laundry folded and put away EVERYDAY and have even been able to get a few projects done this past weekend as well!! I just told my husband that *I* am usually the one with the wild hair in my a$$, the one who motivates us to get things done, but at this stage in my pg, I'm just NOT--and I need him to pick up my slack!!! Needless to say, when I was laying down to take my *second nap* this past saturday, his butt gets kicked into high gear putting up trim in the boys' room, and that was all it took to motivate me to get in there and lend a hand... we got SO MUCH completed in such a short amount of time, it was really great... and we've BOTH been VERY happy to have a clean, decent house... that in itself is quite the motivation to do MORE.

SO... hire a cleaning lady and tell your dh to get started doing projects and you help him as you can... once he gets started, you'll want to be right there with him (if you're anything like me!) and me & dh really do like 'working' together... we're both fairly 'handy' so that helps keep the both of us going without becoming frustrated with each other, etc...

Alayna

 

[MamaJenese]

I could have posted this myself!

 

[Juvysen]

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Originally Posted by 50ftQueenie I feel motivated to do things, I just can't move. I try to do stuff, and I either run out of breath or can't bend far enough or baby lodges its butt in my ribcage, and then I just give up. I came home for lunch today, and dh was nesting again. I can't tell if it's a good or bad thing. Obviously, it's good that things are getting done by someone, but his doing everything sort of makes me feel like a slug (plus, I can't find anything when he puts it away).

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[AutumnLeaves5]

I am feeling the same way...I work full time and can be done next Tues. as they don't want you to have your babe on site

I feel so checked out at work...I am daydreaming about birth...I am trying to stay focused for the sake of my colleagues who are terrfiic...but boy oh boy I am having a hard time.

And laundry? I just fish it out of the basket. I can't face putting it away anymore!

 

[ice_queen]

oh man!
I did just go and make room in the guest room closet for my mother's stuff (who is coming for a month in 11 days!!!!!!) and picked up in there a little bit. I have only about 30 minutes left in there and then that room will be done. I have to deal with garbage and stuff too...and I need to pick up and sweep the kitchen...oh man there is just SO much to get done. I know that my mother wont care if my house is a mess and will love me anyway, but I just CAN'T have her here like this...and I don't want to bring a baby into a messy house...that SHOULD be enough motivation in and of itself, shouldn't it?

 

[elvishlucky]

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Originally Posted by Mumof3Nic This is me today.. I seem to bounce between overly motivated to nothing at all lately. Maybe I just do so much on the days that I am motivated it takes a few days to get my energy back. That said if I had the motivation to send I'd send it. I hope you find it soon!!

I could have posted this myself! I swear, there is absolutely no middle ground for me these days. It's all or nothing...and on busy days I wear myself down to the nub!

 

[bdavis337]

By the time I get the kids I babysit all out the door, I have no inclination to do anything play with my OWN kids. SO that kills 3 full days each week. On the weekends, we're busy with my folks and random errands, so I really only get 2 days/week to "nest". ANd on those days, I want to SIT DOWN and do things like eat, sleep and watch tv. So yeah, I"m not getting much done either.

 

[ahdoula]

I plugged in my hands free head set this AM and called a good friend, I got a lot done in 45 min without much thought as to how hard it was to keep moving! Two bathrooms clean and the master bedroom dusted!

I saw a pp posted about their DH nesting....I love when mine does this! He has a habit of rearanging furniture each time we have a baby. It made me smile when I saw him at it last week. I said "you know you're nesting, right" He looked sheepishly around and was like "yeah, I know..." like it was something to be embarassed about! So cute!

 

[BumbleBena]

I've been bouncing back and forth between bursts of energy, and then plopping down on the couch and bursting into tears because I can't seem to get everything done.

DH asked me yesterday, "What's wrong?" and I told him that everywhere I look in this living room, there are fifty things that need doing. There's a pile of picture frames over there, oh, and the places where old photos were hanging that got packed need to be spackled over, we need to pack that pile of stuff over there, and that pile of stuff needs to go to the charity... I need to run the vacuum, but first I have to move those boxes into the spare room, and don't even get me started on the spare room!

He's working on Saturday, so I won't have help. I'll probably just sit here like a water-retaining bump on a log and whine about how much stuff I need to do, but don't want to do because I miss DH and besides, he won't let me move furniture...